The most valuable teenagers in the world: Where does ‘£100m’ Tyler Dibling rate?

Robin Bairner

Updated: 26 Mar 2025 14:35 GMT
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Kobbie Mainoo, Tyler Dibling, Lamine Yamal — © IMAGO

Tyler Dibling has had an enormous €120 million (£100m) price tag slapped on him by Southampton in a move that has raised eyebrows around the footballing world.

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At 19 years old, Dibling has had an exciting breakout season with the Premier League strugglers, yet few would have predicted that Saints see him as potentially the English top-flight’s most expensive player ever.

Current ETV

Tyler Dibling

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Southampton

Tyler Dibling

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Southampton

ETV Range

€27.2M - €33.2M

By setting the bidding at €120m, according to The Telegraph, the former Chelsea academy star could very well become the second most expensive teenager ever, lagging only PSG’s move for Kylian Mbappe.

Dibling is primed to move in the summer, but where does he rank among the most valuable teenagers in the game presently?

FootballTransfers has used its unique algorithm to measure the Southampton hopeful up against his peers.

Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) explained

Our Player Valuation Model calculates an Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) for more than 240.000 players in the world.

Who is the most valuable teenage footballer in the world?

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the most valuable teenager in the world, with an Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) of €174.3m.

This dwarfs Dibling, whose ETV is only €30.2m and is only the 15th highest among teens across the globe.

At 17, Lamine Yamal is something of a freak in terms of his quality and value, but not so much so that he is the only player in this wage bracket to be worth in excess of €100m – a bracket that Southampton believe their young gun falls into.

But while Saints have a nine-figure sum in mind for Dibling, the other player who is worth this money is Pau Cubarsi, Lamine’s Barcelona team-mate.

The 15 most valuable teenagers in world football

Rank	Name	Club	ETV (€m)
1	Lamine Yamal	Barcelona	174.3
2	Pau Cubarsi	Barcelona	121
3	Leny Yoro	Man Utd	66.2
4	Warren Zaire-Emery	PSG	65.6
5	Jorrel Hato	Ajax	58.4
6	Kobbie Mainoo	Man Utd	54.8
7	Kenan Yildiz	Juventus	50.2
8	Desire Doue	PSG	49.7
9	Endrick	Real Madrid	46.8
10	Mathys Tel	Tottenham	41.2
11	Geovany Quenda	Sporting CP	39.5
12	Archie Gray	Tottenham	37
13	Antonio Nusa	RB Leipzig	35.5
14	Ethan Nwaneri	Arsenal	33.5
15	Tyler Dibling	Southampton	30.2

There are several players in the €50m+ bracket, including Manchester United pair Leny Yoro and Kobbie Mainoo, who are the most valuable teens in the Premier League.

Highly rated France international midfielder Warren Zaire-Emery, Ajax rising star Jorrel Hato and Juventus’ Kenan Yildiz all fall into this category, too.

Completing the top 10 are PSG’s Desire Doue, Real Madrid’s Endrick and Mathys Tel, who is on loan at Tottenham from Bayern Munich.

Chelsea-bound Geovany Quenda of Sporting CP, Archie Gray of Spurs, Antonio Nusa of RB Leipzig and Arsenal’s Ethan Nwaneri all post bigger ETVs than Dibling, too.

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